Clothesline



J. MILLER.

CLOTHESLINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-8, 1921.

Patented Apr. 4, 1922 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

(Zr/ma? all/Mew J. MILLER.

CLOTHESLINE.

APPLICATION Fl 1,411,927. e pr.4,1922.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

(Al/Mew UNITED: STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES MILLER, OF SOUTH GLENS FALLS, NEW YORK.

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line will be effectively supported to not only economize the space required for the clothes thereon but to provide means whereby a pull on the line from any portion thereof will draw the entire line and the clothes thereon toward the operator so that the clothes may be arranged on the line and removed therefrom without necessitating the operator traveling all around the line.

A further object is to produce a clothes supporting means in which the clothes Wlll be fully exposed to the sun and air, and

which, while of an extremely simple constructionyshall be strong and eflicient so as to support thereon a comparatively great number of garments to be dried.

The foregoing, and other objects which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood may be accomplished by a construction combination and operative association of parts, such as is disclosed by the drawings which accompany and which form part of this specification.

In the drawings 1 Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view approximately on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, on an enlarged scale.

Figure 4c is a perspective View of one of the substantiallv bell-shaped guide rollers.

Figure 5 is a view illustrating a different manner in which the device may be supported.

Figure 6 is a sectional View on the line G 6 of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a plan view of a modification, the supporting means therefor being in section.

As disclosed in Figure 1 of the drawings,

I I may plant in a lawn any desired number Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1922 Application filed August 8, 1821. Serial No. 490,656.

of spaced uprights or posts 1. These posts maybe arranged in any desired position or relation with respect to each other.

The improvement contemplates the employment of bracket members, one of said bracket members being secured to each of the posts 1. Each bracket comprises a plate 2 that is secured in any desired manner to a post. From the plate 2, adjacent to the upper end thereof there is extended a right angularly disposed arm 3, the said arm being braced to the top of the plate, as at i. To the outer end of the arm 3 there is either integrally formed or secured a bar or arm 5, and to the inner face of this bar 5 adjacent to the lower end thereof there is secured an inwardly extending arm 6 that is parallel with the arm 5. It will thus be noted that the outer end of the bracket is substantially U or yoke shaped, andv preferably the arm 6 is braced to the bar 5 as indicated by the numeral 7 The arms of theyoke portion of the bracket are grooved longitudinally upon their confrontingfaces, as at 8 respec tively, and in these grooves there are springs 9' respectively. Preferably the grooves are substantially in the nature of key-hole slot-s, the inner ends of the same being enlarged and preferably rounded, and in these rounded portions indicated for distinction by the numeral 10, the springs 9 are seated. The springs 9 are retained in the enlarged portions 10 of the grooves, at the ends thereof opposite the bar 5, by pins 11 which pass transversely through the arms 3 and 6, and, of course, through the grooves in the said arms. The opposite or outer ends of the springs are free, but are held against movement entirely through the grooves through the medium of stop elements. The stop elements are preferably in the nature of bolts 12 that pass transversely through the grooved ends of the arms, the said bolts being engaged by nuts 13 which permit of the removal of the bolts, when desired. The bolts are removed when the springs are to be arranged in the grooves, and likewise are removed when a weakened spring is to be removed and replaced by a new spring. The grooves receive therein trunnions 1 formed on the opposite ends of solid but substantially bellshaped rollers 15. The free ends of the springs contact with the trunnions, and consequently force the rollers 15 toward the outer ends of the arms 3 and 6. The rollers It will be apparent, from the foregoing description when taken in connection with a the drawings that the clothes line 16 will be 1 held from downward movement by its contact with the skirt portion 17 of the rollers 15, and being influenced by the spring will be'sustained upon the rollers regardless of the weight of the clothes thereon. It will also be apparent that the contact members or bolts 12 limit the outward movement of the rollers through the yoked ends of the bracket and it will be also apparent that the laundress may stand at any desired spot with respect to the clothes line to arrange thereon the clothes to be dried or to remove such clothes therefrom, a pull on the line bringing all of the clothes toward or away from the operator. It will be further apparent that the line may be arranged where a portion is sheltered, as for instance, one of the brackets may be secured to the post of a porch, so that the operator need not expose erself to inclement weather in removing the clothes or arranging the same on the line.

In Figures 5 and 6, the construction is substantiallysimilar to that previously described,

" but the bracket, indicated for distinction by the numeral 18, has its inner member or plate l9, adjacent to its top provided with ing, a binding element 22 being provided upon the arm and entering the opening to contact with the pipe 21.

In Figure 7, the inner plate, similar to the plate 2 may be in the nature of an angle member 23, and one of the flanges 24 of the said plate is provided with openings 25, and

through these openings pass the securing means that sustain the plates on a support. Having described the invention, I claim 1. In a support for anendless clothes line, brackets having yoke portions, rollers having trunnions journaled in the yoke per tions of the brackets, spring means contacting the trunnions and influencing the rollers outward of the yokes, means limiting the movement of the rollers in such direction, and said rollers having trained therearound an endless clothes line.

2. In a support for an endless clothes line, brackets including plates designed to be secured to supports and having yoke members on one of the faces thereof, said yokes having their outer ends open and having their confronting faces grooved longitudinally, a

spring in each of saidgrooves, a roller having trunnions designed to be received in the grooves and to be contacted by the springs, removable means limiting the outward movement of the rollers, each of said rollers comprising a solid substantially bell-sha ed member whose skirt portion is arrange at the bottom end thereof, and said rollers having trained therearound an endless clothes line.

Intestimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JAMES MILLER. 

